HAYES CARLL

Well I hide behind my guitar like a sparrow in the nightHopin I might fly away anewCause theyll love you when youre wrongAnd then leave you when youre rightTell me baby, whats a boy to do?

Well I came to town a stranger, not knowin how to actFigured Id hang out and just get found.Made me some new friendsThey climbed way up on my backBeen gone so long they aint comin down

You can kiss the sky good morningYou can say your prayers at nightHide your soul way down in your shoes,But its the same old sceneBorrowed love and faded dreamsAnd you just cant hide from those Arkansas Blues.

Well time is playin tricks on meMakes me thing Im movin fastI dont think Im movin at allAnd every strangers face I see reminds me of the pastCome on big and leave you feelin small

So I took to drinkin liquor on the other side of townWay up in those woods beside the moonWhere every graceful dream I had got lost without a soundTell you what, I cant leave this place too soon.

And it dont take no rhyme or reasonIt dont make no sense at allJust one of those things that you dont chooseIts the same old thingBroken hearts and busted stringsAnd you just cant run from those Arkansas Blues.

Everybodys asking questions about whose side are you onI dont see how it matters much to meAnd all these midnight celebrationsThat are ended by the dawnLeave you feelin low as you can be

So Im leaving town this morning, gonna lighten up my loadSee if I cant lose what I have foundAnd its one drink for the memoriesAnd one kiss for the roadLook out, I believe Im Texas boundCalifornia, Oklahoma, Arizona, TennesseeI been all around this land to pay my duesHigh, low, and right behind meWherever I go they find meAnd I just cant run from the Arkansas Blues.